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Hi Richard.

You are welcome. I hope all is well.

I have been following on with your through the bible and it has been a blessing and very important.

I'm sure others think so as well. You have to know something about the Old Testament to understand the New Testament.

You are giving us an indebt study we definitely need.

Please continue the great work and may the Lord bless you in all your efforts.

Hello Susie. The Book of Jeremiah is a very large book that cannot be expounded on such a Site as this. You may need to get yourself a good Study Bible that will give you information on the prophet, his times, his prophecies, etc. Or, there maybe websites that can offer help, chapter by chapter. If you had a particular question that comes up in your reading or study, then someone here might be able to help, but to adequately cover the Book, even a chapter, may not satisfy your study needs.

I'm very sorry that I'm barely getting back to this post. First and foremost I love you all and I can't wait to see you and talk to you. I'm sure we will all have many stories of many trials we had and overcame. I believe you are right about hearing Gods directive. I have been struggling all the time with loving unconditionally, loving him more to love others and just enjoying him more. Ever since that experience happened to me it's like a fire that was there erupted and exploded. A few days ago I went to the park with my 18 month yr old son and I said Lord I'm not going to force myself to talk to anyone about you I'm just going to let you control my speaking. I was able to get seeds out and I felt so amazingly awesome after. After finishing obedience by Andrew Murray I've been praying in the early morning and reading after at least trying to more. I speak to him all the time and I feel my family thinks I'm going insane because I'll go all day speaking to him lol. It's gotten so natural to me that we have conversations all the time for long periods of time. I've been smiling more and just loving to my wife and rebuking the enemy a lot more and I believe he's going to lead me more. I don't know what he has for my wife but I trust him. Kinda like pilgrims progress after he walked then she did. All I know is that God is good all the time.

One more comment: God may want you to warn others-and tell them things that let's say aren't necessarily "politically correct". This is sorely needed today; as those who do stand forth tend to easily be brash; loudmouth type personalities without the Spirit doing the convicting work. Expect most of the resistance to be within the "professing" church. They are compromised; in general. Lord willing; you have a place to fellowship; if not I will pray that you find one. The other factor is; as much as you may not want to hear it is being a woman; you have to respect the guidelines scripturally as to how to minister. It should primarily be as to teaching with other women. Women have largely walked toward "damnable heresies" as it were in usurping the method of teaching and attempting to have authority over men. If you are a woman of God; you realize what I am saying-and you will be given ample opportunity to let the Spirit guide you to meaningful prayer and other fellowship to continue being strong in the Lord. There are so few men today who are living for the Lord; I realize that. The scripture states that a woman can prophesy in a fellowship but should have her head covered. I would say likely with emotional sensitivity there is also a greater spiritual discernment with women as well; so again this isn't an attempt to "rain on your parade" (even on April fool's day). There are; sadly too many out there who are physically attractive that are too focused on all the worldly distractions. Real spiritual internal beauty can; at best be reflected by external appearances. In general; therefore don't worry if you aren't winning any popularity contests in this world. Or if those who should be heeding the truth are avoiding it when you speak out.

BTW one of the saddest things is to be filled with joy but no one seems to get it or want to rejoice with you. The Lord and His angels will rejoice at one sinner who repents; I assure you of that. Agape. RP

Perhaps being older myself gives some perspective. It is fine when young; and one can operate on positive emotions as happiness itself isn't necessarily indicative of sin. Joy of the Lord; Pauline style; as it were in the midst of deprivations; prison; threats; beatings; and his concern for the church clearly has persevering power beyond mere human strength. We also need to remember Christ's parable of the seed and the sower; as to he who "received the word immediately with joy; but then as soon as trials come they fall away" (you can find the verse). Being "on fire" as it is relates; or should relate more to "rejoicing when others rejoice; and weeping when they weep" ( Romans 12:15-20). It relates to sacrificial agape love; where we love our enemies; and pray for those who "despitefully use us" ( Luke 6:28). It should reflect our service in our gifting and calling; but also learning from those with other gifts in the Body so that we are balanced and grow in grace and truth.

A big problem; of course is as the adage goes; people are more enamored with the gifts than the Giver of them. With an Ephesians 6 mentality; the power of offensive warfare is only one weapon; the "sword" of the Spirit. It is used for bringing down strongholds by being in accord with our High Priest (Hebrews); namely Christ who ever intercedes for us. We are given our marching orders of who to pray for and sometimes with a sense of urgency. This is also; BTW a likely use of tongues for those who have a genuine gift and not endless prattering about. It is either another REAL language; or groans that can't be exprressed in a heavenly language as angels are ministering spirits; giving us strength as they did for Christ during His greatest trials.

Obviously; the extravagent Laodicean type spirit in many churches is simply a Kundalini or some other evil force; if "filthy lucre" is the prime motivation for lukewarm faith. Stay away from those folks. Agape. Rich P.

This section brings the power of life and death to prominence. After Isaiah's prophecy about King Hezekiah's imminent death; the Lord chose to heed to his prayers and add 15 years to his life. He was also going to give deliverance from Assyria for His own purposes as well as "David's sake" (v. 6). Verses 9-11 show the sign asked for to confirm his healing at the Temple. That was a REVERSAL of the sun's position back to where it was before it was in the incident of Ahaz. That was when the sun AND moon were stopped; i.e. indicating the earth's rotation or a more complex reaction of various orbits or perhaps time itself being held back. Of course; now that the sun is back to where it was previously it takes some diligence searching the historical record for this; I believe some have done this. It surely would be as significant worldwide as the darkness for a few hours when Christ was dying.

The rest of the passage refers to Babylon being shown all the treasure. After the Assyrians eventually turned from appeasement to military foe; one would think such actions would be; as the Prophet Isaiah stated-be an unwise action. Hezekiah's character flaw also would be in not seeking God to delay further His diaspora predicted; instead of just being content that it wouldn't happen in his time. (v. 19). This shows short sightedness in general; especially in light of clear evidence of answered prayer. This is why we should always persevere in prayer and not grow weary in doing good. ( Galatians 6:9).

Where in the bible are the rules of prophecy. a day is a year ?

Thanks. Really need encouragement today.

Who is the "her" reported in this biblical verse, above?

Thank you dear Phillip.

By the way "en pneumati" means "in spirit" and is pronounced "ehn pneh-vma-ti" by Greeks. The first syllable is toned. The letter p is always pronounced, also the vowel u after vowels a,e is always pronounced as "v" in modern Greek.

God bless you.

Dear Giannis,

I welcome your attention to, and suggested corrections or improvements of any comment I submit in this forum.

I have discovered that different Biblical Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries often differ slightly in the spellings and pronunciations of certain words. I have found this especially true when consulting different Hebrew dictionaries.

The main Biblical dictionary I use is "Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of the Old and New Testaments" (Thomas Nelson, 1984). I also use two other online Bible dictionary websites. Once in a while the spellings differ between these resources.

Additionally, for the word "Ghost" in the expression, "praying in the Holy Ghost" (Jude v.20), I provided only only the base root word rendering, not the grammatical and literal spelling of the word as it appears in the Scriptural context.

In my post, I submitted the root word rendering of "" (transliterated "pneuma"; pronounced "pnyoo'-mah"). But, the actual spelling as recorded in the verse is (transliterated "Pneumati").

Of interest, the two Greek professors during my seminary years often pronounced certain Greek words differently. Who knows how Jude actually pronounced "" during the first century. I'd almost guarantee he did not pronounce it like we do today.

When preaching or teaching, one of my favorite statements when reading certain names in the Bible, particularly those recorded in Romans Chapter Sixteen, is: "When I get to Heaven, I'm going to look these people up and apologize to them for the way I butchered the pronunciations of their names!"

Sincerely, Phil ( 2Tim. 2:15).

Not much there to study. It's apocryphal and was written long after the Pentateuch meaning...someone in 600 B.C. (approximately) was attempting to add to the Bible. I would not encourage reading apocryphal books as it can confuse the Truth in the complete Word of God. Theologians have studied it and agreed it never inspired text. Only recently with the emerging church movement have modern charismatic groups started encouraging their followers to read Enoch. I'll let God's Word close my commentary:

Revelation 22:18

"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:"

Enoch has claims which would contradict portions of Revelation... so I'd not put into my reading list.

This verse remains in the words spoken to the Laodicean church. The lukewarm. I believe our churches have capitulated to today's culture so much, and maybe with good intentions to winning the world for Christ, that Truth is no longer taught. Sins are no longer pointed out. We place people's feelings before God. Convenience before God. Comfort, instead of enduring hardness from sticking to the commands of the Word of God. All is idolatry to the LORD. Many times called adultery because you are to be espoused to Christ as a chaste virgin. Jesus is speaking to the church... but notice He is on the outside knocking, and no longer inside the church.

Who knew that Gilbert O'Sullivan's Alone Again (Naturally) song was at a mourning time in his life after his mother and father had both passed away...

King David in the Bible went through this as well, and he understood that GOD would take care of him after this time of despair and mourning.

Psalms 27:10

"When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up."

King James Version (KJV)

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Hey Fran;

Praise the LORD and His love and peace for all. It would depend what method you are referring to in "making this right" for your family. Much of it depends on forgiveness and how you are willing to give up to praise the LORD. It is not an easy subject or path, but the LORD will give you a way. Keeping reading and praying and especially know that it is GOD'S praise that we are looking for.

GOD bless you and your family. April 1, 2022

Yes! But at the same time the law of God is supreme in that all laws comes from the Bible anyway. It's just that some of our laws today has been modified or are being redefine.

Well it lets us know that if the husband dies the widow is free to marry again.

This is always a good chapter to return to it warms me up inside !

The Beginning !

Dear Roman

Thats right but... The original text says the "Day of the Lord" which is how Greeks call Sunday ( in greek Kyriaki) even now in modern times. If it was just another day apart from Sunday like a day devoted to God or something else like the second coming of Jesus Christ a different phrase would have been used instead. Instead of " tin Kyriaki hemera" it would have been " tin hemera tou Kyriou" . For Greeks it is very obvious that means Sunday but translated in English becomes a bit confusing to what it means.

God blessings.

this is just to add on to some great passages already noted

1 Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

Amen! GiGi.

Very well stated.

I never never looked for a gift, I just pray for the Lord to gift me with the ability to please him.

And help me in my many shortcomings.

God bless you.

Study jeremiah need help

Bible "cheat sheets" is poorly phrased. The bible is god's word. There is no cheating when it comes to god's word.

Dear Mary , as a Christian , the only division I make between people is if they are Christians or not . That's it for me , it makes no difference what colour or culture . Christians are God's people , Christians truly are ' one nation under God ' and we are also spiritual Israel . Much love to you in Christ .

Oooh I didn't know a lot of that , thankyou for the info . I did know that NATO had been warned time and time again that if they kept trying to expand in that area , that Putin would see that as very provocative and he would eventually loose patience . You are right about all the propaganda , we have enormous access to info now with the internet but we don't know anything anymore because there are so many lies being spouted by everyone . There's only one source of info that we can trust and that's God . Everything we need to know is in the Bible and if we are for Him then He is for us and we don't have too much to worry about . It's hard not to be affected by the awful scary things going on but we must stay strong in our faith and trust God implicitly , our God is The God and He is in charge .

Olalekan fowodu,

You have wise words. However, there are other ways to look at this. From my view, I thought God showed much compassion towards Hezekiah, and for good reason. Hezekiah was perhaps the best king of Judah, he followed after the Lord, delighted in the Lord, and the Lord added to his kingdom after it was to be taken away. That is huge. Being told that he would live out his days in peace, lifted Hezekiah's spirit, and what was his crime? Hezekiah showed the visiting Babylonian royals all of Israels sacred treasures, silver and gold. God is not a respecter of men, even so, He sure did Hezekiah right. It makes me feel warm knowing that a good king was rewarded for his works.

Sorry about the Revelation 11:7 typo. It should read like below:

-Look who the 5th seal saints were told to wait for before He judges the earth. Revelation 6:9-11 & Revelation 11:7

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If the Spirit speaks to one to keep Sabbath as a rest day, then to that person they should abide - but to another, the Sabbath was not given to Gentiles & any day can be for rest & also for worship ( Romans 14:5,6 & the whole chapter).

Gentile? If you have no Jewish heritage, then you fall under the Gentile category. If the Gentile has not received the Law, he is a law unto himself ( Romans 2:14,15). Of course, all peoples are under governmental law, unless they're hidden away from society. But for both the Jewish Christian & Gentile Christian, the old Law has no more application or binding, for we are now subject to the Law of the Spirit. I don't believe that anyone with the Holy Spirit within them would ever be led to murder, commit fornication, & other sins. If a believer does sin, then he's going against the Spirit's ministry & appealing to his flesh (& this is why Paul spoke of crucifying the flesh ( Galatians 5:24,25)).

Jew? When I wrote, 'Jewish convert', I meant that such a person still retains his Jewish heritage/bloodline, but has relinquished all that kept him bound to his faith (Judaism), finding forgiveness of sins, new life & liberty through the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ. The Jews today still await the Messiah, but Jesus came, but they refused Him & crucified Him ( John 1:10-14). But the day will come when they will acknowledge Jesus ( Zechariah 12:10,11; Revelation 1:7,8). People have in the past become Jewish proselytes, embracing Judaism, its Laws & Practises ( Exodus 12:48,49; Acts 2:10; Acts 6:5; Acts 13:43). I hope that I've covered all your questions; if you have other questions feel free to start a new thread. Blessings.

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(One believes in something that cannot be seen or produced - the other is working at something that is tangible - they cannot be mixed together). The Apostle Paul also wrote of this in Romans 11:6 (speaking of the "election of grace"): "if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." God's Grace if freely given as a Gift, as is Faith to believe ( Ephesians 2:8,9). If works are added then it's no longer Grace (& Faith), but all of works. So James is saying that true Faith produces good works - NOT Faith plus Good Works produces true Faith.

You write of obeying the commandments. This is another long subject, but I'll be brief. If a believer is relying of Christ's Sacrifice & obedience to the Law to attain salvation, then again, the Sacrifice is made of no effect. Galatians 5:3,4, "For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace."

Here we have those who were "entangling themselves with the yoke of bondage" by wanting the liberty that Christ obtained for them & also placing themselves under the Law (which brought bondage & death). It's one thing to consider the Law (the 10 Commandments) in noting God's Rules to Israel for their relationship to God & to others, but if we determine that we must obey them, to be saved or acceptable to God, then we've "fallen from grace". So Sabbath for example, which is a Day of Rest to Israel, not a worship day per se, becomes critical to some Christians to observe, if not, then we would need to take a long look at this matter of Law & Grace. But God has given us His Spirit, whereby we obey all Christ's Commandments from the heart & not by the letter; see Romans 8:1-4. (cont'd)

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Thanks for your questions, Curious-L. You quoted James 2:17,24,26 about Faith & Works. This chapter has been at the core of disputes between some Churches, where one (particularly the RC Church) maintains that James says that Faith plus Works is necessary for salvation, & the other, that only Faith is necessary. I realize that it may not appear clear in the reading of James but if we take it from James 2:14, "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?", we can learn what James is saying.

He is writing about what real Faith is. He gives an example in vv 15-17 of a Christian, with this Faith, yet only gives a destitute brother or sister only some nice words of comfort, instead of doing something to relieve their poverty. James is saying that this is not genuine faith - it's an academic faith (i.e. in the head, theoretical), & not evident in practise. Can this be the Faith of the Bible? James goes on to write in verse 16, that he would 'shew (or, prove) his faith by his works'. So, we see James saying that when real Faith is being exercised, it shows itself in practical ways - if Faith fails to do that, then it's a false faith.

Back to the Churches which hold to 'Salvation is by Faith & Works'. Here, it is believed that Salvation is given when both Faith in Christ's Work at the Cross & the performance of good works, will guarantee salvation. If this were the case, then it means that Jesus' Sacrifice was insufficient to give the sinner salvation, but our good works (i.e. our efforts) are also needed to ensure our salvation. So here is a situation of: is Christ's Sacrifice really sufficient? Do we need to assist in His salvation with our contributions? Should we even speak of having Faith if Works are added, since the essential meanings of Faith & Works oppose each other? (cont'd)